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The coastal zone has always been an important frontier - for trade, food and the foundations of modern civilization. This same zone has also been exploited in one way or another, and sometimes without regard to the balance and schemes of Mother Nature. It is only when things go terribly wrong that we begin to react and attempt to undo the mistakes of the past. At times we have succeeded, but at a high price. At times, we have to retreat and concede defeat as the technology of man is no match to the force of nature. Over time, we learn to work with nature and leverage the science of nature to protect the coastal zone and hold our frontier between the sea and land. This proceeding presents the recent advances in all aspects of ocean and coastal research and management in the Asian and Pacific nations. The volume set provides a valuable source of information for scientists, engineers and professionals dealing with coastal zone issues and challenges in coastal, port and ocean engineering development, as well as the environmental impacts resulting from development of ocean and coastal areas

Includes bibliographical references and author index

Hydrodynamics of two devices for wave-power extraction / Chiang C. Mei -- Forecasting of coastal algal blooms - a hydraulic engineering perspective / J. H. W. Lee, K. T. M. Wong -- Reef connectivity - a key factor governing resilience of coastal ecosystems / Kazuo Nadaoka -- Construction status of Sihwa Lake tidal power plant project / Byung Ho Choi ... [et al.] -- Simulation of eco-environment for coastal water of Bohai Bay / Tao Jianhua -- Environmental monitoring and management of reclamation works close to coral reef habitats / T. M. Foster, S. M. Doorn-Groen -- Contribution of the evacuation simulator for a town area remodeling plan for protection against disasters of tsunami / Hitoshi Gotoh, Eiji Harada, Keisuke Ohniwa -- Measurement of underground electromagnetic wave and Japan histrical tsunami / Yukio Kono ... [et al.] -- Numerical simulation of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami around the damaged bridges in the northwest coast of Sumatra / Yoshinori Shigihara, Koji Fujima -- Numerical simulation on drifting of container on apron due to tsunami by 3-D MPS method / Hitoshi Gotoh ... [et al.] -- Experimental study on tsunami forces : estimation of tsunami force acting on structures related to run up distance, scale of building and pressure distribution / Fauzie Achmad ... [et al.] -- Variational Boussinesq model for simulation of coastal waves and tsunamis / Didit Adytia, E. Van Groesen -- Study on vulnerability estimation for buildings based on damage data by Indian Ocean tsunami - target at damage in Sri Lanka / Masaaki Sakuraba, Kazuhisa Iwami, Hisanari Ushirooka -- Experimental study on tsunami fluid force on bridge across narrow river / Susumu Araki, Ichiro Deguchi -- On the influence of nearshore bathymetry data quality on tsunami runup modelling, Part I : bathymetry / Stefan Leschka, Widjo Kongko, Ole Larsen -- On the influence of nearshore bathymetry Data quality on tsunami runup modelling, Part II : modelling / Stefan Leschka, Widjo Kongko, Ole Larsen -- Numerical investigations of locally concentrated damages on Seisho Coast due to Typhoon T0709 / Yoshimitsu Tajima, Shinji Sato -- Real time wave and wind forecasting system for the Indian coastline / Pooja Jain ... [et al.] -- High waves at east Korean coast on February 24, 2008 / Kyeong Ok Kim, Han Soo Lee, Byung Ho Choi -- Numerical simulation of tidal current field in offshore area with many islands and tidal channels / Zuo Shu-hua, Li Bei, Zhang Zheng -- Statistical study of wind waves for China South Yellow Sea / W. B. Feng ... [et al.] -- Storm water level numerical forecasting for Guangdong, China / Jia'ai Tai, Changkuang Zhang, Junlun Zhang -- Ocean-atmosphere coupled simulation of storm surge and high waves caused by cyclone Nargis in 2008 / Mohammed Haggag ... [et al.] -- Estuarine hydrodynamics and energy / Margaret Chen, Stanislas Wartel -- Wave characteristic at Indonesian waters cross line / Subekti Mujiasih, S. Si -- Barotropic tidal characteristics in the Han-river estuary, South Korea / Seung-Buhm Woo, Byung Il Yoon -- Research on wave characteristics of Bohai Bay / Lian-Cheng Sun, Na Zhang, Chun Chen -- A semi-implicit Eulerian-Lagrangian finite-volume model for coastal circulation / Siyu Chen ... [et al.] -- Photosynthetic picoplankton community structure in the Pear River estuary and adjacent shelf waters / Aijia Zhu ... [et al.] -- Modeling food webs in Florida Everglades Marshland I / Fred Jopp ... [et al.] -- Modeling food webs in Florida Everglades Marshland II / Fred Jopp ... [et al.] -- Tidal variability of biochemical composition of SPM and feeding environment of Manila Clam, Ruditapes Philippinarum in Banzu Intertidal Sand Flat, Japan / Masashi Kodama ... [et al.] -- Comparison of dynamic displacement of breasting dolphins caused by wave and berthing ship / G. S. Yoon ... [et al.] -- Environmental and ecological impacts of development activities in Shanghai coastal zone / Liu Xingpo, Ding Yongsheng -- New method for reduction in eutrophication of sea water by using fly ash / Tadashi Hibino ... [et al.] -- The role of groundwater flow in a tidal flat environment / Narong Touch ... [et al.] -- Relationship between the change of sediment properties and the population dynamics of benthic animals in coastal zone / Kohji Uno ... [et al.] -- Development of dissolved oxygen model in the stratified Inohana Lake estuary / Jin-Hee Yuk, Shin-Ichi Aoki -- Numerical model of oil spilled during ship accident in Guanghe estuary, China / Dou Xiping ... [et al.] -- Numerical simulations of suspended sediment and oil-spill diffusions in sea area of Tianjin Lingang shipbuilding & repairing base / Ying Wang, Jiangnan Wang, Yanfen Gong -- Modelling the physical properties of fine suspended sediments / Hoang-Ha Nguyen, Lloyd H. C. Chua

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